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Rock Creek AP Biology
Prefixes & Suffixes List 6
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Biology
12th Grade
08/23/2016
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Term
pachy-
 Definition
thick
example: pachyderm
Term
paleo-
 Definition
old/ancient
example: paleozoic
Term
pan-
 Definition
all
example: pandemic
Term
path-/pathy-
 Definition
disease/suffering
example: homeopathy
Term
-ped/-pod/Pod-
 Definition
foot
example: quadruped/isopod/podiatrist
Term
pent-
 Definition
five
example: pentose
Term
per-
 Definition
through
example: permeate
Term
phag-/-phage
 Definition
eat
example: phagocyte/macrophage
Term
pheno-
 Definition
show
example: phenotype
Term
-phil
 Definition
love/affliction for/fond of
example: neutrophil
Term
photo-
 Definition
light
example: photosynthesis
Term
physio-
 Definition
nature of
example: physiology
Term
plasm-/-plasm
 Definition
form/liquid
example: plasma
Term
pleur-
 Definition
lung
example: pleural
Term
poly-
 Definition
many/several
example: polydactyla
Term
post-
 Definition
after/behind
example: posterior
Term
pre-
 Definition
before/ahead of time
example: predict
Term
pro-
 Definition
forward/favoring
example: proactive
Term
proto-
 Definition
first/primary
example: protostome
Term
pseud-/pseudo-
 Definition
false/fake/deceptive
example: pseudopod
Term
pulmo-
 Definition
lung
example: cardiopulmonary
Term
pyr-/pyro-
 Definition
fire
example: pyrogen
Term
quadr-
 Definition
four
example: quadrant
Term
quin-
 Definition
five
example: quintuplets
Term
re-
 Definition
again/back
example: retract
Term
ren-
 Definition
kidney
example: renal
Term
rhin-
 Definition
nose
example: rhinoplasty
Term
sacch-
 Definition
sugar
example: monosaccharide
Term
scler-
 Definition
hard/scar
example: arteriosclerosis
Term
-scope
 Definition
view/look/observe
example: microscope
Term
semi-
 Definition
half/partly
example: semipermeable
Term
-sis
 Definition
condition/state
example: osmosis
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